Government Matters (Full Show) – January 29, 2017

Navigating the federal hiring freeze Jeffrey Neal, senior vice president at ICF and former chief human capital officer at the Department of Homeland Security, discussed how hiring managers can navigate the federal hiring freeze. The Federal Beat Federal News Radio senior correspondent Mike Causey, Government Executive senior correspondent Eric Katz, and FCW executive editor Adam Mazmanian joined Francis for this edition of the Federal Beat. They discussed the federal hiring freeze, reports of a communication crackdown at some agencies, and workforce comments from President Trump’s nominee to lead the Office of Management and Budget. Tech CEOs present $1 trillion saving plan to Trump C.R. Wooters, deputy executive director at the Tech CEO Council, and Dan Chenok, executive director at the IBM Center for the Business of Government, discussed “The Government We Need” — the $1 trillion savings plan they delivered to President Trump this month.